Philippine Navy (PN) flag officer in Command vice-admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said that Covid-19 has delayed the delivery of a new Jose Rizal-class frigate, reported Manila Bulletin. The future BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) was planned for delivery in October this year. It has now been postponed to the first quarter of next year. The pandemic …

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10 August The US Navy has cancelled all E-4 exams planned as part of the Active Duty (AD) and Full-Time Support (FTS) Cycle 248, as well as the Selected Reserve (SELRES) Cycle 107. The exams were slated to be held in September this year. The service has also planned to rank order advancement-eligible E-3 sailors …

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7 August The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded an additional $35.6m to fund SAB Biotherapeutics DiversitAb Rapid Response Antibody Programme. The follow-on award will fund the clinical development and production for SAB-185, a new therapeutic targeted to SARS-CoV-2 without using human donors. It will also support increased manufacturing capacity for rapid response. So …

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6 August Soldiers from the US Army Reserve (USAR) are supporting Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force (UAMTF)-7452 to assist the state of Texas in Covid-19 relief efforts. The 85-soldier team consists of medical providers, nurses, respiratory specialists, an infectious disease specialist and behavioural health professionals. They will strengthen and expand the civilian medical community structure …

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Voices calling for Japan to join the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing group have grown louder over recent weeks, including the promotion of the idea by British MP Tom Tugendhat, the Japanese Defense Minister Tarō Kōno and the Henry Jackson Society. Currently, the Five Eyes intelligence community consists of the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. …

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4 August The US Department of Defense (DOD) has reached a $31m Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III agreement with North American Forgemasters. The funding will allow the company to produce ultra-large iron and steel forging in support of the US Navy and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. It will also enable the company to …

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3 August Around 1,400 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have been deployed to support Victoria’s Covid-19 response. Some of the tasks being performed by the personnel are contact tracing, data management, logistics and planning, public health testing, support paramedics with the transport of non-emergency patients and more. If required, the personnel will also support aged …

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31 July Initial deliveries of multipurpose combat vehicles worth $15bn to the US Army by BAE Systems have been postponed by at least five months due to start-up troubles that were worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bloomberg reported. The first three units were supposed to be delivered in March but now have been deferred until …

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30 July The Royal Thai Army has suspended participation of its soldiers in overseas military training, Thai Army’s anti-Covid-19 unit director General Nattapon Srisawat was quoted by Pattayamail.com as saying. This decision was taken after nine soldiers out of the 151 soldiers, who returned from a joint exercise with the US force codenamed Lightning Forge …

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) has contracted biotechnology company Immunome for the development of biosynthetic convalescent plasma (BCP) for Covid-19. The $13.3m funding will see the company use its technology to quickly assess the wider immune response of recovered Covid-19 patients. It will do this by generating up to 10,000 B cell hybridomas from …

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